Registration number 345
Status Registered
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Previous names

  • 1911 - 2017 Carbolate

Details

Function Passenger Vessel
Subfunction Excursion
Location Gloucester and Sharpness Canal
Vessel type Stourport Steamer
Archive reason More information required
Current use Commercial Activity
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Built in 1911
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
74.95 feet (22.86m)
Tonnage: Gross
65.00

History

Built in 1911, CARBOLATE is a passenger vessel with the capacity for 199 passengers. Based at Stourport, she operates public and charter cruises on the River Severn as far as Worcester.

The boat is now called  RIBCHIC PIRANHA and is moored in Gloucester Quays. It's still a commercial vessel & shall be operating as a cafe / bistro once work on it is complete.

We are lacking information on this particular vessel. If you have any information on this vessel, past or present, please contact us.

 

Sources

Geoffrey Hamer, Trip Out 1995/6 - A Guide to the Passenger Boat Services of the British Isles (1995) pub: G P Hamer

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